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RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees - Lesson 20: City Directories and Newspapers

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy - Ancestry.com Wiki

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy is a reference book published by Ancestry Publishing. The first edition was published in 1984 and was edited by Arlene H. Eakle and Johni Cerny. A revised edition, edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, was published in 1997. The current edition, the third, was published in 2006 and was also edited by Szucs and Luebking. In 2010, Ancestry.com digitized the content of The Source and made it available in wiki format as one of the foundational sources for the Ancestry.com Wiki. Each chapter has been broken into one or more series of articles.

Using City Directories in Genealogical Research: Overlooked Resource Can Help Determine Age and Occupation | Suite101.com

City Directories may be one of the most overlooked of genealogical resources, but they can be valuable for genealogical research.

Your Guide to Finding Ancestors in City Directories

Some examples of information you might find in city directories and a guide to finding and using them to your best advantage.